Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s4.t3: 2.4.3 Identification of Tamil grammatical elements
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c21.s4.t3
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2.4.3 Identification of Tamil grammatical elements
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Subrahmanya Aiyer was the first to demonstrate convincingly the presence of grammatical features of the Tamil language in the cave inscriptions. Among the features pointed out by him are the following.³
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³ Ibid. pp. 286-287 & 296.
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(i) Pronominal terminations *-an*, *-ān*, *-ōn* and *-ōr*.
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(ii) Neuter nominative suffix *-m*.
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(iii) The archaic genitive case-ending *-a*.
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(iv) Verb forms like *kuṭupita*, *ceyta*, *piranta*, etc.